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SHOT IN A WOOD.

MYSTERY OF DIAMOND DEALER'S

FATE.

The mysterious murder of a diamond merchant is the cause of much speculation in Antwerp. M. Provo, the murdered merchant, was last seen alive 011 September 24, when he was leaving • Antwerp in a motor-car, accompanied by M. Gaston Vergents, a sportsman, and another man whose name is unknown.

The party apparently went to Brecht, where M. Vergents has a shooting. Here, dispensing, it is stated, with the services of the gamekeeper, the diamond merchant and his two companions went out shooting. M. Provo was not again seen. In consequence of the statements of the gamekeeper and other people Mr. Vergents was arrested on October 2. Two days later M. Provo'a dead body was found roughly buried in the wood.

M. Provo had gunshot wounds in the head and face. Confronted with the dead body M. Vergents protested his innocence. Here the matter stands at present. Meanwhile tho police are trying to trace the third man of the shooting party. M. Vergents is alleged to have called on M. Provo's wife and family on the afternoon, that the diamond merchant disappeared, and it is also alleged that later in the same day he tried to sell a collection of diamonds belonging to the merchant.

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Bibliographic details

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 15175, 14 December 1912, Page 2 (Supplement)

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SHOT IN A WOOD. New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 15175, 14 December 1912, Page 2 (Supplement)

SHOT IN A WOOD. New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 15175, 14 December 1912, Page 2 (Supplement)

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